Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Myles F. Burnyeat, Jerry A. Fodor and James Robert Brown
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic
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Inferences are surely part of the causal structure of the world [Fodor]
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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
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If a proposition is false, then its negation is true [Brown,JR]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / d. and
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A truth-table, not inferential role, defines 'and' [Fodor]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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'Jocasta' needs to be distinguished from 'Oedipus's mother' because they are connected by different properties [Fodor]
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Names in thought afford a primitive way to bring John before the mind [Fodor]
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'Paderewski' has two names in mentalese, for his pianist file and his politician file [Fodor]
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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation
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Axioms are either self-evident, or stipulations, or fallible attempts [Brown,JR]
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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 2. Consistency
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P-and-Q gets its truth from the truth of P and truth of Q, but consistency isn't like that [Fodor]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / c. Berry's paradox
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Berry's Paradox finds a contradiction in the naming of huge numbers [Brown,JR]
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